The mouthy Irishman was outfought by his nemesis and has dropped down to eighth in the UFC pound-for-pound rankings

By Stuart Atkins

10th October 2018, 3:44 pm

Updated: 10th October 2018, 8:50 pm

CONOR McGREGOR has dropped down six places from second to eighth in the official UFC pound-for-pound list following his defeat to Khabib Nurmagomedov on Saturday.

Prior to the beating, the Irishman was only behind the light-heavyweight and heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier in the rankings - but now his nemesis and the undefeated lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has taken his place in second.